NAPLES — A grassroots coalition of nearly 100 citizens of New York, Vermont and other states, including Andrew McEvoy and James Salamone of Little Falls, have filed a federal anti-trust complaint alleging that an international cartel comprised of foreign and domestic business entities have conspired to eliminate competition in the newly emerging U.S. wind energy sector.
The complaint, filed with the Department of Justice’s Anti-Trust Division, maintains that wind farm developers, suppliers, consultants, investors and, in some cases, public officials engaged in illegal geographic market allocation, price fixing and bid rigging in direct violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Bradley E. Jones of the Industrial Wind Action Group said that as a result of this “illegal conspiracy” thousands of landowners and hundreds of municipalities have been denied substantial monetary gains that otherwise would be available in a free and competitive market.
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